Your ride today....

[FrankCrank]

Another nice dry day, so off for a ride. First stop, a nearby hog shop - would be rude not to have a quick drool

A lot of trikes here, didn't realise they were so popular

Another modern classic

Not sure what this one is?

A trailer comes with this one

OK, that's quite enough bike porn. Onto the next stop

And finally, today's destination

A pleasant jaunt round the lakes here, brought my bins to observe some of the bird life. First ride on the new saddle, no issues.
Route here not so nice, heavily trafficked roads and all the traffic noise - a ton of din to get to Dinton

 

[bluenotebob]

A lovely day in central Brittany today, apart from a nagging and cold north wind. Drove for 30 minutes to my start point at Cadoret (roughly halfway between Josselin and Rohan).

Cycled 27km north then west from Cadoret to Keroret on the Nantes-to-Brest canal. Retraced my steps east for a few kilometres to pick up the recently re-routed V8 Voie Verte (which links Lorient on the south coast with St Brieuc on the north coast). Followed this along the delightful rigole d’Hilvern for 6km in St Gonnery – I’ve wanted to visit St Gonnery for a very long time and I finally made it today. Back along the rigole and then dropped down steeply to rejoin the Nantes-to-Brest canal at the écluse de Boju. Back to the van via Rohan.

61.13km in just over 4 hours

The start of the ride at Cadoret

The Tranchée d’Hilvern

The rigole d’Hilvern near St Gonnery (the grassy GR37 on the left and the sandy/gritty V8 on the right)

 

[Donger]

My second (and final) holiday ride on the Lleyn peninsula in North Wales. I had intended to ride to Aberdaron on my first ride, but turned right instead and headed to Nefyn purely on a whim. Today I put that right by driving out to a lay-by just outside Tudweiliog and putting in an 18 miler down to Aberdaron via Rhoshirwaun and back via Capel Carmel, leaving the main road whenever I felt like it and weaving my way there and back. Some photos:

This next shot was hard-earned. A vicious, but mercifully short climb out of Aberdaron that afforded great views over the village:

Some great quiet little lanes to the NW of Aberdaron made for fantastic cycling. I cannot recommend the area highly enough. Perfect audax country. I did a very small detour when I saw a sign saying "Whistling Sands", and set off downhill towards the beach. At the point where I came across this sight, I braked enthusiastically! Turned out it was not a giant leap into nowhere, but just the point where the road got much steeper.

Plenty of great scenery on the way back up towards Tudweiliog:

Another great little ride. This part of the Lleyn is just made for cycling. Here's the old school map of my (approx 18 mile) ride:

Back home tomorrow.

 

[Chislenko]

My second (and final) holiday ride on the Lleyn peninsula in North Wales. I had intended to ride to Aberdaron on my first ride, but turned right instead and headed to Nefyn purely on a whim. Today I put that right by driving out to a lay-by just outside Tudweiliog and putting in an 18 miler down to Aberdaron via Rhoshirwaun and back via Capel Carmel, leaving the main road whenever I felt like it and weaving my way there and back. Some photos:
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This next shot was hard-earned. A vicious, but mercifully short climb out of Aberdaron that afforded great views over the village:
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Some great quiet little lanes to the NW of Aberdaron made for fantastic cycling. I cannot recommend the area highly enough. Perfect audax country. I did a very small detour when I saw a sign saying "Whistling Sands", and set off downhill towards the beach. At the point where I came across this sight, I braked enthusiastically! Turned out it was not a giant leap into nowhere, but just the point where the road got much steeper.
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Plenty of great scenery on the way back up towards Tudweiliog:
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Another great little ride. This part of the Lleyn is just made for cycling. Here's the old school map of my (approx 18 mile) ride:
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Back home tomorrow.

Sorry to be pedantic but it matters to me, it is the Llyn peninsula with a tô bach (roof) on the y, unfortunately my phone won't do accents on y and w.

Lleyn is the name for the sheep found there.

Glad you enjoyed it.

 

[ianbarton]

After weeks of rain it had been dry for a few days. Some of the big puddles,
which hid big potholes, had dried out enough to avoid cycling through a
puddle. It's about 11 months since my knee operation. The almost continuous
rain had prevented me from regular cycling to help get cycling fit again.

Yesterday the forecast was for sunshine and a stiff breeze. I decided to cycle
to Wem which was a loop of around 55km. There are a few "bumpy" bits with a
total of about 375 metres of ascent. When I got to Prees I decided to turn
right in front of the Church. There is a steep hill that descends into the
village. I decided to go down that way to avoid having to ascend it on my
return to Prees.

There was a headwind of the outward section of the loop, but this meant the
wind would be behind me on most of the return. I carried on to Whixall,which
has many different lanes where it is easy to get lost! I turned off towards
Foxholes where it is almost a straight run to Wem. There is a short steep
section at Lowe Hill. Once at the top of the hill, you can see most of Wem below
you. A long descent took me to the junction with Ellesmere Road, where I turned
left towards the centre of Wem.

I pulled up at the library cafe which prepares sandwiches and toasties fresh. I
sat down to drink my Americano and eat a homemade scone which I waited for my
sandwich. After lunch, I continued through Wem past the Industrial estate. I
turned off left and climbed a fairly steep hill back to the church at Prees. On
the way home I had the wind behind me and it was mostly downhill.

My knee had held up without any pain and if we ever get any decent sunny
weather I am looking forward to more longer rides in the summer.

 

[DCBassman]

My first ride in eight months. On the new bike, a rebuild of the Scott AFD into a Scott Speedster S50. Everything identical, bar the height of the steerer, so will have to look at a riser, and mess with the stem length. Other than that, everything worked as it should. Pleased, but extremely tired due to passage of time and, let's face it, being too bloomin' lazy to get the bike sorted and me sat on it. Won't be doing LEJOG any time soon...

At the north end of Gem Bridge, Grenofen, NCN 27.

 

[Donger]

Sorry to be pedantic but it matters to me, it is the Llyn peninsula with a tô bach (roof) on the y, unfortunately my phone won't do accents on y and w.

Lleyn is the name for the sheep found there.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Don't tell me, tell the Ordnance Survey people who made the map! Anyway, I realised they were having some sort of chronic vowel shortage around there, so I threw in a spare "e" to help. You are welcome.

 

[Landsurfer]

Northerly wind so thought I’d ride east to west along the canal using the structures along the canal side for shelter … kept out the wind…got soaked by the rain instead …

Ickles Lock …

The 5 Weirs Walk in Sheffield is also a great cycle route along the river Don . Along with the canal path from Rotherham and the Blackburn Meadows trail it gives nearly 30 miles of near zero traffic cycling through a beautiful river and forest environment hidden within a throughly urban area.

Rotherham Beetson Clarke / boat yard car park … Coopers Bridge, Hillsborough … Thorpe Hesley.

 

[Chislenko]

Don't tell me, tell the Ordnance Survey people who made the map! Anyway, I realised they were having some sort of chronic vowel shortage around there, so I threw in a spare "e" to help. You are welcome.

Y and W are vowels in the Welsh language as you would imagine Y once was in English. People always say there are no vowels in certain Welsh words as they don't realise Y and W are vowels.

However if we accept Y is not a vowel in English then there are loads of English words without a vowel....my, by, sky, pry, fly etc etc.

 

[Alex321]

Y and W are vowels in the Welsh language as you would imagine Y once was in English. People always say there are no vowels in certain Welsh words as they don't realise Y and W are vowels.

However if we accept Y is not a vowel in English then there are loads of English words without a vowel....my, by, sky, pry, fly etc etc.

Indeed. A few years after I moved to Wales and married a Welsh woman, we moved to just outside Pontypridd. When my mother was coming to visit, she asked for directions (This was long before satnavs).

So I say to her, turn off the A470 at Pontypridd, then take the turning signposted for Ynysybwl. "How do you spell that", so I did - "but it's got no vowels!"

 

[Landsurfer]

Y and W are vowels in the Welsh language as you would imagine Y once was in English. People always say there are no vowels in certain Welsh words as they don't realise Y and W are vowels.

However if we accept Y is not a vowel in English then there are loads of English words without a vowel....my, by, sky, pry, fly etc etc.

Vowel is an English word… so Vowels only exist in English…. I’m sure there is an equivalent word in Welsh …. After all it’s not a dead language is it. Lots of new words all the time I’m sure.

 

[Chislenko]

Vowel is an English word… so Vowels only exist in English…. I’m sure there is an equivalent word in Welsh …. After all it’s not a dead language is it. Lots of new words all the time I’m sure.

It's actually a bastardised French word 🙂

 

[Spiderweb]

Out with David & Suzanne from our village, a bit chilly but a lovely afternoon ride.
30 miles with an average of 15.7 mph.

 

[Landsurfer]

It's actually a bastardised French word 🙂

No it’s not …. See what I did there …

 

[Dave 123]

After a Dartmoor walk and then a quick garden centre visit I was ready to go at 3pm!

Only time for a 12 mile ride through local lanes. The point to point was on at Flete. Just around the corner were early purple and common Twayblade orchids.

Sunny and chilly.

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